INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sergei Skripal visited Prague in 2012, according to the website of Czech weekly RespektPrague, Czech Republic:
Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, poisoned in Britain in March, met other European intelligence services to give information about
Russian spies operating on their territories, a Czech intelligence source said Wednesday.Skripal, recruited by Britain's MI6 in 1995, had
"crucial information on how the Russian system works, how they work abroad," a well-informed Czech intelligence source, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, told AFP.Skripal and his daughter were poisoned in England in March in a nerve agent attack that Britain and its
Western allies have blamed on Russia.Moscow has vehemently denied any involvement.The former Russian spy visited Prague in 2012, according
to the website of Czech weekly Respekt."Yes, something like that did happen
The participants in the meeting considered it most beneficial," the intelligence source told AFP."When an intelligence agency, whether
British or American, recruits someone like this, they use him for this purpose
They offered him to allies, not only to the Czech Republic," the source added.Czech intelligence officials also met Skripal in Britain at
least once, according to Respekt.The New York Times reported this week that in 2016 Skripal also met agents from Estonia, a formerly
Soviet-ruled Baltic state that is now an EU and NATO member.Harrys Puusepp, spokesman for Estonia's Internal Security Service, declined to
confirm or deny the report on Wednesday, telling AFP that the agency cannot "comment on our international cooperation".(Except for the
headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
